by inversemodulus » Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:08 am
I'm just hearing about this whole membership fee thing. Personally, I'm not too fond of it. It feels like I got invited to this huge awesome party (the forums) and I had a choice to buy some expensive drinks if i wanted to (the puzzles) and now I'm getting kicked out of the party if I don't pay a fee to say in it. I mean, its one thing to start charging people who are new and are just joining the party (you snooze, you lose); its another thing to start charging people who have been loyal and loved the adventure since they joined. For me, its not the price, its the principle. You don't offer something for free, get a whole bunch of people hooked on it, then charge them for it. I understand it costs a lot to keep a company like SW up and running but I don't think this would be the right direction. If anything, I think it would cut out people from the adventure and deter people who are curious about it.
A good solution that I could see would be having an "exclusive" membership (with a monthly fee) that would give people access to different things such as priority ordering on future puzzles, customizable member profiles, allow people to trade puzzles and such; more of a social networking environment that would bring more members together and get everyone to know each other better.
Anyways, that's my opinion. I love this adventure and I hope to see it all the way to the end.
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